Enforcement

In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a relator’s qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) [...]

On October 22, the Department of Justice announced that Pennsylvania State University will pay $1.25 million to settle a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit accusing it of failing to comply with cybersecurity [...]

In a one-of-a-kind decision that flies in the face of decades of precedent, a Florida federal district court recently held that the False Claims Act’s ("FCA") qui tam provisions are unconstitutional as [...]

The DOJ’s Complaint Also Emphasizes Its Expectation That Contractors and Grantees Implement Appropriate Cybersecurity Measures By filing a Complaint-In-Intervention against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. [...]

Alleged Fraud-In-The-Inducement Results in $6.3M Settlement The government’s focused policing of its massive COVID-19 spending—in particular its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lending—continues to yield settlements and convey lessons for recipients of federal [...]

Laboratory Companies’ Unnecessary COVID-19 Testing at Nursing Homes Resulted in Fraudulently Billing Medicare The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) remains focused on one of its top enforcement priorities for 2024: detecting, investigating [...]

DOJ has again signaled it remains focused on investigating health care fraud and false claims throughout the country. The latest major, coordinated enforcement action underscores that federal grantees must not only be [...]

Health Care Providers That Submitted Reimbursements to HRSA’s UIP for Testing or Vaccines Should Be Aware of Growing Risk of FCA Lawsuits Health care providers that submitted pandemic-era reimbursement claims to the [...]

A Recent Settlement, and DOJ Intervention in an Ongoing Case, Highlight Cybersecurity as a False Claims Act Enforcement Priority The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) increasingly-active Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative has made [...]

Disclosure Requirements Remain Focus of NIH Federal funding agencies continue to emphasize the importance of researchers—and research institutions—disclosing all foreign funding and ties in federal grant applications. On May 17, the Cleveland [...]